30. BARNABY CASTLE: First Murder by Mail

<p>Barnaby Castle, on Broadway in Providence, is this unusual looking building designed to suit its original owner, this larger-than-life personality and self-made millionaire named Jerothmul Bowers Barnaby. But while the story of J.B. Barnaby is interesting enough on its own, it’s actually his death that launches the most fascinating and odd part of this story - because his death set off a series of events that resulted in the very first murder committed via the mail. </p><p><i>Episode Source Material: </i></p><ul><li><a href="https://www.goprovidence.com/listing/barnaby-castle/24194/">Barnaby Castle</a></li><li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/revolting-transaction-Barnaby-Conrad/dp/0877955344">"A revolting transaction": Conrad, Barnaby: 9780877955344</a></li><li><a href="http://smallstatebighistory.com/extravagant-barnabys-castle-murder-foul/">Extravagant Barnaby's Castle and Murder Most Foul - Online Review of Rhode Island History</a></li><li><a href="http://www.doorsopenri.org/barnaby-castle/">Barnaby Castle – Doors Open RI</a></li><li><a href="https://guide.ppsri.org/property/jerothmul-b-barnaby-house">Jerothmul B. Barnaby House</a></li><li><a href="https://www.rihs.org/happy-new-year-in-april/">Happy New Year… in April? – The Rhode Island Historical Society</a></li><li><a href="https://rihs.files.wordpress.com/2017/04/j-b-barnaby-obit-sept-19-1889.jpg">J. B. Barnaby Obit - September 19, 1889</a></li><li><a href="https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1877/04/02/80641047.html?pageNumber=4">New York Times - April 2, 1877 - General Notes</a></li><li><a href="https://www.newenglandhistoricalsociety.com/dr-t-thatcher-graves-rhode-island-mail-order-murder/">Dr. T. Thatcher Graves and The Rhode Island Mail Order Murder</a></li><li><a href="http://www.murderbygaslight.com/2019/05/the-bangor-mystery.html">The Bangor Mystery.</a></li><li><a href="https://www.okbar.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/OBJ2009Oct10-sm.pdf">Oklahoma Bar Journal - October 10, 2009 - Volume 80</a></li><li><a href="https://www.biblio.com/